"In many ways, this isn't advice for those graduates getting ready to spend the weekend getting obliterated at parties—this is advice for those of us bitterly hearing it long after the fact. Maybe you're 10, 20, 40 years out of school and you need some shot of inspiration, professionally, creatively, or otherwise—these are the words for you. -Ellen DeGeneres...Tulane University....Most inspiring quote: "It was so important for me to lose everything because I found what the most important thing is. The most important thing is to be true to yourself." -Kanye West... Los Angeles Trade Technical College... "When you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most." -Jane Lynch... Smith College...: "Life is just one, big improvisation." -Amy Poehler, School: Harvard University..."Try putting your iPhones down every once in awhile and look at people's faces." -Elizabeth Warren... Suffolk University,... "Knowing who you are will help you when it's time to fight. Fight for the job you want, fight for the people who mean the most to you and fight for the kind of world you want to live in. It will help when people say that's impossible or you can't do that. Look,... if you fight for what you believe in, I can promise that you will live a life that is rich with meaning." -Stephen Colbert... Northwestern University..."If everybody followed their first dreams in life, the world would be ruled by cowboys and princesses.""
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These Great Commencement Speeches Will Change How You Look at Success and Failure, Esquire, Matt Miller (5 May 2017)
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